Gyula Donáth (March 13, 1850 – September 27, 1909), was a
Hungarian sculptor.
He was born in
Pest
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and studied in
Vienna with G. Semper. From 1880 onwards he worked in
Budapest. His sculptural style integrated elements of
classicism and
academic as well as the
Art Nouveau
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styles. Much of his output as a sculptor was creating plastic art for tombs, though he also created public monuments for both the
Millennium of Hungary (1898) and the
Imperial Jubilee, (1908). It was Donáth who sculpted the "Statue of Werbőczi" (since then demolished).
Donáth's huge bronze
Turul on the railing of
Buda Castle, high above the Danube, was erected in 1905. It is one of the symbols of
Budapest.
:''The representation of women in Art Nouveau is limited to iconographical types developed from a preoccupation with relatively few themes: the mystery of life and death, the relationship between the sexes, and women as an emblem of whatever was enigmatic or mysteriously attractive.''
The author then goes on to include Donáth's opus ''Song of Lament'' as an example. (Berend)
Donáth died in
Budapest.
Sources & resources
*Berend, Ivan T., ''A Golden Age: Art and Society in Hungary 1896 - 1914'', Corvina/Barbican Art Gallery, Miami, Florida 1990
*Mackay, James, The Dictionary of Sculptors in Bronze, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge, Suffolk 1977
Hungarian sculptors
1850 births
1909 deaths
Art Nouveau sculptors
People from Pest, Hungary
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